User blog:Corbus/Starting The Wiki

Over the past few days I have looked over the wiki, trying to see it from the perspective of a new user, and it seems like we never really started this wiki and failed to make even the most basic of welcome pages. Considering that this is a site that was and is full of creative, friendly, and welcoming people that is something which really suprises me. If we want ANY new users other than those who come from the Redwall Wiki I think we should start making some steps to freshen up the site a little. Even one single page made is something, and if you want to try here is a list of things we should do:
 * 1) Make a few pages explaining what this site is and how to do it too. For example I made the page for Beginner Role Players and I am sure there are some things that I missed on it. But we could also use pages on things like Fan Fiction, Character Building, Keeping a Story going. I know we all have little strategies and techniques for keeping RPGs going on.
 * 2) Get up a list of Current and Active RPGs. When I first came here it was very difficult for me to actually find an RPG that interested me. This was mostly due to the fact that I had no idea what ones were out there. With a list Users can easily add their own personal ones whenever they make them and then give a quick description. Another part of this is that we can make subsections of that have reviews users can give of an RPG to tell their own experiences with it.
 * 3) Rework the Main Page. This is my biggest problem actually, the second I started looking I noticed that the main page had NO links relating to where users should go, just links to dead websites(Which would bring people AWAY from here), year old news, and a missing help page. This is gonna be the hardest part but I feel once we get some of the other things going it will be a lot easier to do.
 * 4) Make some Creative Workshops, pages that give advice on writing creatively. One of the biggest reasons that people seem to not Role Play is that they have a hard time thinking creatively. A good solution to this is put up tips and tricks from other users to help them get the cogs in their heads turning. This will help keep the stories constantly going and also bring in the people who do need this kind of help with their own private writing.
 * 5) Anything to make the site "Look Nice." A lot of times what really draws me away from a site is that it just looks terrible, monotonous text, poor colouring, bad editing and just nothing to attract the eye. I'm going to try and put up some tips later about doing this but for now just keep this in mind: Break up text blobs with different fonts and pictures You can also check out the Wikia hub for a bunch of tips on this kind of stuff
 * 6) If you can't edit, advize. Now I know that most people here do not feel obligated to really do anything other than have fun Role Playing. But We are ALL a part of this site and we can all contribute, this isn't The Redwall Wiki where all the work is done and wont be changing any time soon, if a page is incomplete the least you can do is say what you think needs to be added through the comments. Even something simple like "You should add a section about weapons" is useful.
 * 7) EVERYONE can edit! I realize that most of you are from The Redwall Wiki and that there you can't really do all that much since the articles are already pretty complete. But here it is a much more relaxed environment where you are free to add whatever you wish so long as it is not spam or vandalism. Write a page about whatever you wish so long as it makes sense for it to be on this website.



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